Got some results from my CVS Camcorder to share. The story goes, of course, that CVS released a "disposable" camcorder for $29.99, and shortly thereafter many enterprising hacks found ways to get the movies off the camera without having to take it back to CVS and pay the processing fee. There's lots of info at camerahacking and MAKE and hackaday, etc.

I got myself one of these cameras once they came out, and only recently ordered an old Palm cable and followed a tutorial on how to properly modify it to connect to the camera. Of course, I was rushing to try to get it done at midnight before we left for Thanksgiving, and my cable was a little different, and my soldering a little too sloppy. Never fear, I stumbled upon an enterprising dude on ebay, offering a finished cable, and he even included a CD with all the software needed. If you're interested in playing with these cameras, but too lazy to do the soldering and cablehacking yourself -- I would totally recommend you get it from webetics, he's done a nice job of putting the stuff together in a package that's quite user-friendly.

Anyhow, the camera is pretty nice. Replaceable AA batteries for power -- with a little sticker saying "do not remove" that covers the jack. Perfect camera for little hands, and without a lot of fuss if you drop it. As I understand it, the cameras have now been altered so that they require a little more hardware fussing on the unit itself...but my unit was ready to roll. And roll it did -- for my five-year-old's first foray into movie-making with a Predator vs. Grave Digger Hot Wheels version of Monster Jam (Windows Media Player, 400k).